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January 10, 2014

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Japan: Workers spread steamed rice on tables in a hot room where the rice is treated with a mold called "koji" in preparation for brewing sake at the Asahishuzo Co. brewery manufacturing Dassai-branded sake in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Overseas shipments of the traditional rice-based alcohol reached an all-time high of 8.5 billion yen ($80 million) in the 10 months through October as they headed for a fourth annual gain, the latest data from the Agriculture Ministry show.

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Japan: Workers spread steamed rice on tables in a hot room where the rice is treated with a mold called "koji" in preparation for brewing sake at the Asahishuzo Co. brewery manufacturing Dassai-branded sake in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Overseas shipments of the traditional rice-based alcohol reached an all-time high of 8.5 billion yen ($80 million) in the 10 months through October as they headed for a fourth annual gain, the latest data from the Agriculture Ministry show.